{"id":28320,"date":"2024-04-22T08:48:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=28320"},"modified":"2024-04-22T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:48:23","slug":"niger-governor-confirms-killing-of-captain-soldiers-by-bandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/22\/niger-governor-confirms-killing-of-captain-soldiers-by-bandits\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Governor Confirms Killing Of Captain, Soldiers By Bandits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niger State government has confirmed the killing of some personnel of security agencies including a captain and soldiers of the Nigerian army.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago yesterday sympathised with the Nigerian Army \u201cover the killing of a captain and five soldiers in an ambush by bandits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The governor, in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, described the incident as \u201catrocious, provocative and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He expressed sympathy with the security agencies who are daily making sacrifices to ensure the safety of citizens, with most of them paying the supreme price.<\/p>\n<p>The governor assured the Nigerian Army and every other conventional and non-conventional security agencies that his administration will not rest on its oars in providing all the needed support towards halting the nefarious activities of bandits.<\/p>\n<p>He also used the opportunity to commiserate with the families of the slain officer and men as well as a vigilante, promising that their death would not be in vain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the weekend, bandits ambushed and killed some security personnel comprising a captain, soldiers, and a vigilante on their way to respond to a distress call around Bassa and Alawa communities in Shiroro local government area of Niger State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niger State government has confirmed the killing of some personnel of security agencies including a captain and soldiers of the Nigerian army. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago yesterday sympathised with the Nigerian Army \u201cover the killing of a captain and five soldiers in an ambush by bandits.\u201d The governor, in a statement signed by his chief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-28320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28320"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28332,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320\/revisions\/28332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}